Farrell's Big Day Leads No. 4 Limestone Over Lees-McRae

BANNER ELK, N.C. – Freshman midfielder
Katie Farrell (Brooks, Ga.) delivered a command performance as she
recorded nine goals and had a total of 11 points as No. 4
Limestone (11-0, 5-0 CC) routed Lees-McRae (2-7, 0-4 CC) in a
Division II women’s lacrosse game on Tuesday, April 5.

Farrell and senior attacker Kaitlyn Liccion (Auburn, N.Y.)
dominated the Saints offense as they combined for the first six
goals of the game as Limestone built an insurmountable 14-0 lead
with 5:38 remaining in the first half. Lees-McRae would get on the
board a minute later as Emily Guenthner found the back of the net
and then scored again in the first two minutes of the second half
to make it 14-2.

Back-to-back scores by Farrell, the first of four second half
goals, and freshman midfielder Jessica Aguanno (Delray Beach, Fla.)
then pushed the lead to 16-2 before Guenthner struck again at
24:15. Trailing 19-3 Olivia Gudewich would pick up a goal at the
11:12 mark but the Bobcats would have no other offensive
opportunities as Aguanno and Farrell combined to score the last
three goals to close out the 22-4 victory.

Emily Guenthner tallied three goals and added a game-high five
ground balls and three draw controls to lead Lees-McRae while
Olivia Gudewich had the only other score. Anna DeLuke finished with
four ground balls and three draw controls and keeper Martha Peacock
surrendered all 22 goals to fall to 2-7.

Katie Farrell’s nine goals were the most by a Limestone
player since current assistant coach and former All-American Lauryn
Wise delivered nine scores against Queens on April 1, 2009. With
two assists, Farrell’s 11 points are the most in the past
five years, surpassing nine by Wise and Melissa Howard (2/21/07 vs.
Lees-McRae). Single game records prior to 2007 are incomplete. To
make her performance even more impressive, Farrell accomplished the
feat by converting on all nine shot attempts.

Joining Farrell in the assault on the record books was freshman
attacker Sarah Oor (Uxbridge, Canada). Unlike her fellow freshman
though, Oor made her mark setting up the majority of the offense as
she dished out eight assists and added a pair of goals. Her eight
assists are by far the most since 2007 as Melissa Howard (twice)
and Kelly Lickert had each had six assists in a game during their
careers.

Kaitlyn Liccion nearly equaled her career total (7) as she recorded
a career-high five goals on seven shots while Jessica Aguanno
notched a hat trick and came away with three draw controls. Junior
attacker Lindsay Malecki added a pair of goals and four caused
turnovers and senior attacker Casey Wilcox (Liverpool, N.Y.)
rounded out the scoring a single goal.

Senior defender Melissa Nakasuji (Ajax, Ontario, Canada) anchored
the defense with ground balls while starting goalkeeper Rashelle
McLellan (East Lyme, Conn.) played 18:17 and made one save to earn
her 11th straight victory. Junior keeper Brigid Milchling
(Cockysville, Md.) saw the lions share of the playing time as she
was in net for the remaining 41:47. She made a pair of saves and
allowed only four goals.

Limestone returns to action on Saturday, April 9 when they travel
to nearby Belmont Abbey for a 12 p.m. contest.